Ramsbottom Hedgehog Care & Rehabilitation

29/08/2026

Graduated from Royal Canin Puppy Mousse, here is Basil's first taste of Butcher's Trays grain-free (once he stops self-anointing long enough to eat 🤣)
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29/08/2026

Peony’s playtime until her cheeky brother Basil appears 😉🤣
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29/08/2026

Basil & Peony demonstrating their newly developed ’Self -Anointing’ skills. Strange that they both did it for the 1st time together 💕🦔

26/08/2026

Hi, 👋 everyone. For the Quiz Night (see below for info) tomorrow evening, please can you confirm if you will be attending, and if you have pre- booked so we know for numbers /food.
You can either message the number below 👇 on the post, message us direct or reply to this post. Thank you so much for your continued support 👌💕
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Steph & Terry 🦔🤎

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📣📣🦔 QUIZ NIGHT FOR THE HEDGEHOGS! 📣📣

We’re so proud to announce a fantastic quiz night in aid of Ramsbottom Hedgehog 🦔 Care & Rehabilitation, hosted by Ramsbottom Rotary at XLII Ramsbottom Café Bar (aka Bar 42)!

Join us Thursday 27th August 2026 for a fun-filled evening where you can put your general knowledge to the test while supporting a cause close to our hearts 🦔🥰💕. (We’ll be there - it would be nice to meet you guys in person!)

It’s also a great time to get in an evening out on a school night before term begins 😉👌

Don’t have a team? No problem! This quiz is just for fun, and we’ll happily put you on a table with other friendly quizzers on the night.

It’s an early evening made sure it'll be an early finish so no excuses of “I’ve got work in the morning” and certainly no excuse of “it’s a school night” 🤣😂 don’t worry, you’ll be home at a decent time—plus, as it's not a school night, there's even more reason to come along and enjoy yourself!😉

The money raised will go directly towards providing vital care, medication, and treatments for Hedgehogs 🦔🦔in need.💕

A massive thank you to XLII Ramsbottom Café Bar & Ramsbottom Rotary for their amazing support in making this happen!

The Details:
To Book: Please ring 07919 526452

📅 Date: Thursday 27th August 2026

⏰ Time: 7.30 p.m. Start (approximately 9.30 p.m. finish)

📍 Location: XLII Ramsbottom Café Bar, 42 Bolton Street, Ramsbottom

🎟️ Entry Fee: £5 which includes a hot supper.

Bring your friends, family, and anyone who wants to enjoy a great evening while making a real difference to the lives of our local hedgehogs.
Thank you for your incredible support! 🦔🤎

23/08/2026

Another Training course completed! 👌
We are fully operational again now!

Thanks to our fab team of 🦔 fosterers we were able to travel to Tewkesbury to complete another 🦔 course with Vale wildlife animal hospital 👌
Anne Marie
Sian
Jason & Julie
Shauna
Jackie
Stephanie
Gemma

Plus a big thank you to our other fosters that are waiting in the wings!
Louise, Michelle & Han 😉

Judging by today won’t be long 🤦🏻‍♀️ as we driving home, we received a call from Bryony and her son Lewis, about a little 🦔 which we admitted, whilst our suitcases were still in the car!

Poorly little 🦔 Peachhas had sub cut fluid & pain relief 🤞for the little one 🦔🤎

22/08/2026

20/08/2026

Well, here’s a story! Talk about a special delivery! 🚚📦🦔

On 22/07/2026, a FedEx delivery driver (Mark Dobson) turned up at our door 🚪📦. He asked if we remembered him from a couple of months ago when he delivered some gloves to us (during that visit, he’d noticed our feeding stations, which led to a chat about hedgehogs! 🦔💬).

Mark told us he’d just found a hedgehog 🦔on Bolton Rd West, near the school! When I asked where the little guy was, he said he was in the cup holder of his FedEx delivery van! ☕🚚
Mark noticed he was dragging his leg, so he brought him straight to us and named him FedEx 📦🦔. He weighed just 114g ⚖️.

On assessment, we found his foot was swollen with tight twine wrapped around his toe and claw 🩹. We carefully removed it and gave him some pain relief. It wasn't long before he was tucking into some Royal Canin Puppy Mousse 😋🍲!

Because of his tiny weight, we also put him on a heat mat 🌡️ and gave him formula packed with extra vitamins and supplements for a couple of weeks 🍼✨.

Thank you to Mark & Beverley for their generous donations towards FedEx’s care.

He is doing amazingly well now and has gone out to foster care to fatten up with Jackie! 🏡🤎📦🦔

20/08/2026

We are feeling quite lucky to have such supportive 🦔 followers and be in the heart ❤️ of this amazing community!

We have received some donations from *Falinge Park High School - brought to us by Rose.
* Generous donations from SR, The Soroptimist International of Ramsbottom, Janet S, Phil T, Glynn, SH, Margaret & Brenda
* Newspapers brought to us by Rachel, Brenda, and collection from Jaquie & Jayne
* New igloos bought for us by Anne-Marie
* and the continued support of the shoppers in Tesco
* Last but not least my super talented daughter Charlie for making some more much needed snuggle sacks💕

We have been really busy these last few weeks with all the babies 🦔we’ve had in.

Without your continued support we wouldn’t have been able to help so many 🦔

Thank You 🦔🤎

20/08/2026

Hoppy the super mum! 🦔💖 – Update!
Some of you may remember Hoppy arriving here at the rescue with her finders, Sarah & Ian, on 21/06/2026, weighing just 760g ⚖️.

She had been spotted limping on their camera, so on arrival, we gave her some pain relief and cleaned her up 🧼🩹.

Just 3 days later came a huge shock! 👶🦔 Hoppy gave birth to 5 babies. Sadly, 2 were stillborn and 1 passed away after just 3 days 🌈, but Basil & Peony were the brave survivors 🌿🌸.

Once it was safe to examine her, we noticed swelling on her foot, though we couldn't tell if her toe or claw was broken 🩺. We rushed her straight to Medivet, where they confirmed a fracture and removed the top part of her toe 🏥.

We quickly got her back to her babies so she could keep nursing 🍼.

As if being a new mum 💕and losing three hoglets 😢 wasn't enough, poor Hoppy was also dealing with internal parasites 🪱. We had to delay her parasite treatment until her babies were bigger, but she proved to be a real fighter 💪!

Hoppy responded really well to all her treatments, antibiotics, and pain relief 💊✨. Her weight increased to 1017g (without 5 babies inside her!)

We’re pleased to share that she was fully recovered and released back into Sarah & Ian’s garden in Holcombe Brook on 10/08/2026 🏡🌱!

More updates to follow on Basil🌿 & Peony 🌸soon! 🦔🦔✨